Hair color board

ABSTRACT

A hair color board includes a divider body having a plurality of elongated peaks alternating with a plurality of elongated valleys. The plurality of elongated peaks and the plurality of elongated valleys extend to an end. The end may be concave such as to be positioned against a person’s head.

BACKGROUND

A common hair-coloring technique is to color groups (or layers) of adjacent hairs one color (e.g. with hair dye and/or bleach), while coloring (or leaving) other groups (e.g. alternating groups) of adjacent hairs another color (e.g. with a different color hair dye or by applying no color or bleach). Each group of hair is separately selected and separated by foil. A bleach or dye is then applied to the group of hair on the foil. The foil is wrapped around the hair and left for the required period of time. The next group of hair is then treated similarly, although with a different color dye (or with no dye or no bleach), such that adjacent groups of hears are ultimately different colors. This process is very time-consuming.

SUMMARY

Disclosed herein is a hair color board and a method for using the hair color board. A hair color board includes a divider body having a plurality of elongated peaks alternating with a plurality of elongated valleys. A plurality of groups of adjacent hairs are placed in each of the plurality of elongated valleys.

Different dyes may be placed into each of the valleys to provide different colors to the different groups of adjacent hairs. Alternatively, or additionally, one or more of the groups of adjacent hairs may have bleach applied thereto. The result that is the different groups of adjacent hairs may have different dyes (of different colors), or bleach or no bleach, applied to them to provide different colors to the person’s hair. This makes it easier and faster to create multiple colors to a person’s hair.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a top view of a hair color board according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hair color board of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is an end view of the hair color board of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 shows a plurality of different embodiments of hair color boards, including the hair color board of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of one end of the hair color board of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a top view of the end of the hair color board of FIG. 5 , showing the contour of the end.

FIG. 7 shows the hair color board of FIG. 1 in use to color hair on a persons head.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A hair color board 10 according to a first embodiment is shown in FIG. 1 . The hair color board 10 may be integrally molded or 3D printed as a single piece of plastic. Alternatively, the hair color board 10 may be stamped or otherwise formed of foil, such as aluminum foil, as a disposable version.

The hair color board 10 includes a base end 12 and a divider body 14 extending from the base end 12. The end 15 of the divider body 14 opposite the base end 12 may be contoured, specifically concave such as to be positioned against a person’s head. An aperture may be formed proximate the end 15 for hanging the hair color board 10 when not in use.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hair color board 10 of FIG. 1 . The divider body 14 is corrugated such that it includes a plurality of alternating elongated peaks 18 and a plurality of elongated valleys 16 extending from the base end 12 to the end 15. In this example, there are five elongated peaks 18 and four valleys 16. In other embodiment, ten elongated peaks and nine valleys can be used. It may be preferable to have at least four valleys 16. Of course, elongated peaks 18 on one side of the divider body 14 define valleys 16 on the other.

FIG. 3 is an end perspective view of the hair color board 10 of FIG. 1 . In this example, the elongated peaks 18 are all in first plane and the valleys 16 are all in a second plane spaced from and parallel to the first plane. However, the divider body 14 may also be curved about an axis parallel to one of the elongated peaks 18.

Referring to FIG. 4 , additional hair color boards 10 a, 10 b, 10 c could also be provided. These boards are identical to the hair color board 10 and would be used in the same way, but have different lengths, e.g. for different lengths of hair.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the contoured end of the divider body 14 of the hair color board 10. FIG. 6 is a top view of the contoured end of the divider body 14 of the hair color board 10, showing for reference the arc along which the ends of the elongated peaks 18 and valleys 16 are curved.

Referring to FIG. 7 , in use, the end 15 would be placed against a person’s head H. The person’s hair would be placed on the hair color board 10. The person’s hair would be separated into groups 22A, 22B, 22C, and 22D (for example) of adjacent hairs. Each group 22A-D would be placed into one of the valleys 16, separated by the elongated peaks 18. With the groups 22A-D of hair separated, each group 22A-D can be colored differently. For example, each group 22A-D can be bleached, colored, dyed differently than the others or at least differently from the two adjacent groups 22A-D. Some groups 22A-D may not be bleached, dyed, or colored at all.

Referring to FIG. 7 again, as an example, Color A 24A may be a first hair dye or bleach or no bleach/no dye that is applied to the first group 22A of hairs, Color B 24B may be a second hair dye or bleach or no bleach/no dye that is applied to the second group 22B of hairs, Color C 24C may be a third hair dye or bleach or no bleach/no dye that is applied to the third group 22C of hairs, and Color D 24D may be a fourth hair dye or bleach or no bleach/no dye that is applied to the fourth group 22D of hairs.

The hair dyes may all be different colors, or alternating colors may be the same (e.g. Color A 24A may be the same as Color C 24C, but different from Color B 24B and Color D 24D, and Color B 24B may be the same as Color D 24D. Alternatively, Color A 24A and Color C 24C may be bleach, and Color B 24B and Color D 24D may indicate no bleach or dye to be applied. The hair color board 10 facilitates coloring adjacent groups of hair different from one another in any manner.

The hair color board 10 may then be left in place for the time required by the dye or bleach. Alternatively, the each group of hair with dye or bleach no bleach/no dye may then be wrapped in foil or other wrap to retain the dye or bleach (or no bleach/no dye) with the group of hair for the required time period, while groups of hair are removed from the valleys and the hair color board 10 is moved to the next set of groups of hair to repeat the process.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes and jurisprudence, exemplary configurations described above are considered to represent a preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it should be noted that the invention can be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated and described without departing from its spirit or scope. Alphanumeric identifiers on method steps are for ease of reference in dependent claims and do not signify a required sequence unless otherwise specifically required in the claim. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for coloring hair including: a) placing a first group of hairs into a first valley of a board; b) placing a second group of hairs into a second valley on the board, wherein the second valley is divided from the first valley; and c) applying a first dye or bleach to the first group of hairs in the first valley.
 2. The method of claim 1 wherein step c) includes applying the first dye, the method further including: d) applying a second dye to the second group of hairs in the second valley, wherein the second dye is a different color from that of the first dye.
 3. The method of claim 1 wherein step c) includes applying bleach to the first group of hairs, the method further including: d) not applying bleach to the second group of hairs; and e) after steps a) to d), and after the first group of hairs have been bleached and while the second group of hairs are not bleached, removing the first group of hairs and the second group of hairs from the board.
 4. The method of claim 1 further including: before step a), placing the board against a head from which extend the first group of hairs and the second group of hairs.
 5. The method of claim 1 further including: before step a), placing a concave end of the board against a head from which extend the first group of hairs and the second group of hairs.
 6. A hair color board comprising: a divider body, the divider body having a plurality of elongated peaks alternating with a plurality of elongated valleys; wherein the plurality of elongated peaks and the plurality of elongated valleys extend to an end, wherein the end is concave such as to be positioned against a person’s head.
 7. The hair color board of claim 6 wherein the plurality of elongated peaks includes five elongated peaks.
 8. The hair color board of claim 6 wherein the plurality of elongated valleys includes four elongated valleys.
 9. The hair color board of claim 6 in combination with a first plurality of hairs and a second plurality of hairs, wherein the plurality of elongated valleys includes a first elongated valley and a second elongated valley, the first plurality of hairs in the first elongated valley and the second plurality of hairs in the second elongated valley.
 10. The combination of claim 9 further including a first dye in the first elongated valley and a second dye in the second elongated valley, wherein the first dye is a different color than that of the second dye.
 11. The combination of claim 9 further including a bleach in the first elongated valley and wherein there is no bleach in the second elongated valley.
 12. In combination: a hair color board including a divider body having a plurality of elongated peaks alternating with a plurality of elongated valleys, wherein the plurality of elongated valleys includes a first elongated valley and a second elongated valley; a first plurality of hairs in the first elongated valley; and a second plurality of hairs in the second elongated valley.
 13. The combination of claim 12 further including a first dye in the first elongated valley and a second dye in the second elongated valley, wherein the first dye is a different color than that of the second dye.
 14. The combination of claim 12 further including a bleach in the first elongated valley and wherein there is no bleach in the second elongated valley. 